Appabatits pob making mptor-eitels



' W. E. CHENOT.

APPARATUS FOR MAKING MOTOR FUELS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 26, 1917.

Patented July 26,1921.-

W 'IF LDWS ATE ATE T; QFFWK wiIQnIAM. orinno'r, or BELnEviLLE, inrrnors.

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' Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E, @rnmor,

s ArrAnArrUs r03 M KI G iMOTOJit-FUELSQ ajc iti'zen ofthe" United States, residing at 'Belletiille, Illinois,"v have, invented a certain I new and useful Improvement in Apparatus lbrjllialring llllotor-Fuelspof which the" fol-1 lo wing is a full", clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in'the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same. I

lhis invent on relates to an apparatus for 'niaking motor fuels, and has ior its Ina1n objCiI to provide a saturater of novel construction that will thoroughly breakup and mix' or combine liquids that are used 1n the manufacture ofrnotor fuel Th'e figure of-the drawings 1s a vert cal sectional view, partly diagrammatic, 012 an ap aratus equipped with a'saturater constructed in accordance with my nvent on Said "apparatus" comprises an agltator A provided with aclosed top or cover 1 that can be removedfa filter B: that'is partially I filled with a filtering subs tance, 2,and a-sat-' ur'ater; or mixer iC," which is soQcon'structed that it'willieffct a thorough, homogeneous andVstableincorporatlon or saturation of the ingredients used in the manutacture otrnotor' ,fuels; The agitato'r A is of ordinary construction; except. that it is equipped withavclosed top jorfcover '1. It is provided with a pipe 3 "through which. gasolene, naphtha ofif'kerosene hydrocarbonsjc'an be admitted to the-agitator, and said agitator is provided at its upper end with a pipe-4L thatleads to a condenser 5, whic h, in turn, is

connected by means of apipe @with a stor- T age tank 6. Said agitator is provided with the usual airv supply pipe 7, through which air under pressure can beadmitted to the.

agitator whiletreating gasolene, naphtha or kerosene in the agitator, and the usual treating solution pipes 8 are provided at'the lower end of the agitatorvfor introducing a treating solution or solutions into theagitator, such, for example, as water, acid or alkali. The lower end of the agitator is provided withfthe usual three-way discharge valve 100 equipped with extensions "100, 100 and 100 to which pipesor conduits can be coupled, depending upon the position of the'valve. If it is'desired to draw off the sediment that collects in the agitator the valve ;100 can"be arrangedin such a'position that the sediment will .be discharged I Specification of Lettrsratent. Patented J u'1y 26', q "ii lia'tio filed reb uar 'ae, 1191? Serial No.'151,055.

" through the extension 100"] "'If it-is desired-- to re-run the treated oils through the still a conduit'can be coupled tothe extension 100*, and the valve100'canbe arranged in sucha perviously referred to; When operated in this manner a conduit 100 is coupled to the extension 100 ofthe valve 100and to a dischargepipe -9 that leads to agasolene'storage-tank D5 Said discharge pipe 9' is provided with abranch 10 that enters the upper end of the filter B, which branch is provided Wltl'l a valve 10% The dischargepipefi is also provided with aavalve 9- that is ar The filter fB lS provided with a discharge pipe 12 that leads from the lower end of same tothe'gasolene-storagetank D, and

saiddischarge pipe12 is connected by means of a branch 13 with the kerosene hydrocarboil storage tank E, theb'ranc'h 13 beingprovided with'a valve13, and the pipe 12 being providedwith a valve12- that is located be tween the branch'13 and the tank D. The tanksD and Bare provided with discharge pipesj14Pand'15, respectively that lead to a miXing'pipe'16-"which discharges it contents into the saturater G,'the pipes 14 and 15 being provided with'controllin'g valves 14;; and 15 respectively, and the mixing-pipe 16 being provided'with an ether supply pipe 17 that is equipped with a controlling valve 17. The saturater- C preferably consists of a vertically-disposed shell provided with horizontally-disposed screens of fine mesh material, and revolving devices arranged in'such a manner that theingredients, when intro duced in the desired proportions into the up per end of the saturater, will be thoroughly broken up and completely mixed orcombined while they are traveling through the saturater from the upper to the lower end of ranged-- between thebranch 10and the gaso- I area as the pipe 16 through fwhi h the 5.11

same. In ractice' the oute'i' shell l8 saturater is preferably made of appro gmately the same dlRmCtGIDI'CI'OSS SGCElOIUQI'" gredients are introducedintol t e sature-f ter, and a number offhorizontaily-disposed f screens 19; or pieces of fine mesh material;

are ari'nngedin the upper portion of the shell 18above revolving devices provided with spiral blades or vanes 20;which are so; arranged that they will revolve when ali'qf;

- uid substanceflows from-the pipe 16 intoj the saturater, As thefigu'resof the drawing is vpartly diagrammatic, I have" shown the I, spiral blade or vane is connected,1pieces will use througlrlthe gauze 2e and heather-i to ether.

of screen orgauze-22 being connected to said blade in such'a manner that the material that strikes the vaneand' passesofibf same saturater elm-be rovided with madeairednumber-of rotate 1e mixingdevieeb .oithe character-above referred to, and ii desired,

sereensiordayers ofg'auz'e 23iof finpr' mesh than the screens 19'at the uppelsendof 35 saturater ran ,besarranged underneath the, revolving mixing devices. -The various si-1e of the'apparatus can be .811 :mangedrthat the? materialswill flow by gravity from one part to another, ori pumps 24' oi-any suitable kind can be arranged in thewvarious pipes that connect the d-ifierentiperts oi the appara'ms n the apparatus is usedfortreating gasolene, gasolene is supplied thee hdhe pipe 3 to the agitator A, wherem it 18: sub:

1 je'cted to the usual treatment tobring .it to market requirements. The light vapors that are driven ofi duringthis-treatmentare conducted from the upper end'of theiagitator 7 through thepipe A to the condenser- 6, where in they are converted into. liquid. form and then'run tothestorage tank 6., Itsaid condensed hydrocarbons are itooflofiensive in odor to be used in thisconditidm:theycan either be mixed withtreated gasolene; or they can-be run into the tank of crude oils next to berefined. 1: a The gasolene can be run directly from the agitator A to the storagetank D, or it can be-run' fremthe agitator through the filter Band then through the discharge pipe12 tothestoragetank-D. J

Theapparatus above'describedcan be used 1 e for producing a motor fuel. composed of gasolene mixed with kerosene'hydrocarbons or k 'ei'osene'idistillii'tes. for"this purpose gasolene is runthrough the agitator and then into the tank I) or from the agitator ,through the' filter Biand then through the stera'getankD in the manner v previously described. Kerosene hydrocaror'is'or-distillates are then introducedinto the tank E,o ang} subsequently, these two ingredients, nemerwhe gasolene and the kerosene hydrocarbons,' are and combined in the saturate: To obtain the hydrocarbons r used in the saidmqtor fuels it is preferable to the endpoint 'for gasoleneabout .55. the stream, by em oyin .distillationQ Theoils s0 remainingin t e, sti will be'nun as for pro dueing kerosenej hydrocairbons, preference; being given thejcracking process,- and run down to the end point indicated by refining practice; This methodre'sults inia high and ow gradej fuel,;,the desired: intermediate gradesbeing produced by employing" cer V tain' proportions of the high grade withfthe desired proportionsof low grade by running I throu h my saturate}; After completiugthe' mm; i e e bi itqtmtm .iu thefagitator A so, asto camp! .with

ma k iequie efih;fiber thy e rb oug y-broken RPiiIltO smallpartieles. Thh

that are driven ofiduring ing subsequently liquefied n the conde ser' 9 5 va d'fl nfl un te-fli st r efhn fi s lene a d er s n by" carb e dr n fr he a ks QMF J d. more lyimi Iii-P racmey k f ls de mm -h u m i e ie y ej n eeae e motor, or where; perfectil ition. is essential; e r q s elq i y beri b fimitted to the mixing ip 16 th ir realism the saturater G by open ng theyglve E inthe ether 'suppl pipe. 1] morefpr .lessLj'PBy mani ulating t e =valves14and 15 ingthe supp yfxpipes that lead to the pipe 1 6, the proper proportions of thflytwfi ingredients canbe' acchrategacontrolled, so as o pr rl mo ori 'fl Y th Pr p requisites forthe pHrpoSe'fQr ichjit intended. ,While. it is; immaterial what partieular kind of process isused for producing thoroughly mined 7 5 i together in the .satur'ater that the greasy ,Iclaim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is: p v

1. In an apparatus for making motor fuels, a saturater comprising a vertically-dis posed, tubular shell adapted to have liquid introduced into the upper end of same, a plurality of rotatable'devices in said shell arranged oneabove the'other and provided with spiral blades arranged so that said devices will be revolved in opposite directions by the passage of the liquid through the shell, and screens arranged so that the liquid will pass through same before striking said rotatable devices.

2. In an apparatus for making motor fuels, a saturater comprising a verticallydisposed shell adaptedto have liquid introduced into the upper end of same, horizontally-disposed screens arranged inside of said shell adjacent the upper and lower ends of same, and a plurality of rotatable devices arranged inside of said shell between said screens and provided with spiral blades disposed so that the liquid passing downwardly through said shell will cause said devices to revolve in opposite directions.

8. In an apparatus for making motor fuels, a saturater comprising a verticallydisposed shell adapted to have liquid introduced into the upper end of same, and a plurality of rotatable devices arranged inside of said shell one above the other and each composed of a vertically-disposed shaft equipped with a spiral blade having pieces of gauze connected thereto, the blades of said devices being so arranged that the passage of the liquid through the shell will cause said devices torevolve in opposite directions.

WILLIAM E. CHENOT. 

